Species Arthrospira laxissima

Name: Arthrospira laxissima Setchell 1924

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.xis.si.ma. L. sup. fem. adj. laxissima, lax

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Setchell WA. American Samoa. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1924; 20:1-275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Arthrospira setchellii De Toni f. 1934	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrospira laxissima is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Arthrospira.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arthrospira Stizenberger ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Setchell WA. American Samoa. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1924; 20:1-275.

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Record number: 31883

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